Sale reports / Alabama / New Brockton Stockyards / 2021-03-22

New Brockton Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · New Brockton, Alabama · Mon, Mar 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1986
Feeder Cattle receipts
140 head
29 vs last sale 169 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 28 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
20 vs last sale 28 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder and Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement pairs sold steady. Feeder cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.73/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$154.73
43 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.10
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1485156.6175923
Medium and Large 2419156.1665413thin
Medium and Large 3402145.865867thin
One grade step is worth $10.75/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale43 hd
154.73
AL average14 barns · 880 hd
140.63
+14.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,78879.731,4265thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15555.656435thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45553.477782thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99651.8951711

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Coffee County Stockyards - New Brockton, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,63782.03/cwt80.00–84.001,3433
Bulls2,01576.28/cwt75.00–78.001,5372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15555.65/cwt54.00–58.006435
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45553.47/cwt52.00–55.007782
CowsLean 85-90%97451.41/cwt50.00–53.005015
CowsLean 85-90%1,07359.33/cwt58.00–60.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 1528133.01/cwt132.00–135.007025
SteersMedium and Large 2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005202
SteersMedium and Large 2395159.00/cwt159.00–159.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2428155.99/cwt154.00–159.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 2378132.50/cwt130.00–136.005016
SteersMedium and Large 3393150.50/cwt150.00–151.005912
SteersMedium and Large 2413158.76/cwt155.00–162.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2468125.51/cwt125.00–126.005872
SteersMedium and Large 3323154.02/cwt150.00–156.004973
SteersMedium and Large 3528128.98/cwt125.00–133.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2425130.00/cwt125.00–134.005538
HeifersMedium and Large 2633109.00/cwt109.00–109.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 2565114.49/cwt114.00–115.006472
BullsMedium and Large 3578115.34/cwt112.00–118.006673
CowsLean 85-90%95745.24/cwt43.00–48.004333
SteersMedium and Large 1481157.34/cwt154.00–161.0075721
HeifersMedium and Large 3325127.00/cwt125.00–130.004135
SteersMedium and Large 1525149.00/cwt149.00–149.007822
BullsMedium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
BullsMedium and Large 2619117.38/cwt114.00–119.007275
HeifersMedium and Large 2525123.00/cwt123.00–123.006462
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2889.29/cwt750.00–975.0014
SteersMedium and Large 2583140.00/cwt140.00–140.008162

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.